How to Use armadillo in a Sentence

armadillo

noun

• Similar to the armadillos of their namesake, these interlocking pieces fit together in an accordion-like pattern along the their torsos.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
• The are the smallest of the three species of armadillo.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
• The armadillos were easy, but the ants required a bit of work.
  — John Gray Singer, New York Times, 10 June 2018
• When the first armadillo was sighted here in 2019, Bullard got a call.
  — Oliver Milman, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
• The attraction of that house was this armadillo that would appear from time to time on the deck.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2020
• Ross dresses up as an armadillo to teach his son Ben (Cole Sprouse) about Hanukkah.
  — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
• Back at camp, keep an eye out in the evenings for foraging armadillos.
  — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
• Texas The armadillo is Texas' state small mammal and the longhorn is the state's official large mammal.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
• There’s a couple people that come by several times a day to say hi to the baboon and check in on the armadillo.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2020
• The armadillo is also the mascot of Oruro’s soccer team.
  — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2019
• The vote was declared void and a second election was held — this time the roadrunner and the armadillo were the top contenders.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
• Our little native ant eater, the armadillo can be enough of a problem.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2017
• And the bat and club were iconic features seen in both ankylosaurus and the glyptodons, which were ancient boulder-sized armadillos.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
• This year, your choices are between a crab, an armadillo, and a penguin.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2023
• The mix of sculpture includes planes, hippos, art cows and armadillos.
  — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
• What might the future hold for Andean hairy armadillos?
  — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2019
• That same year Chavkin acquired a tattoo of an armadillo with its front claws removed.
  — Barbara Isenberg, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• Matte paper whispers under the fingers as the pages turn to show layered prints and etchings of monkeys and ferns; of the armadillo and the jaguar.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 19 July 2018
• In the clip, Dr. Antin tries to hand the mother of two an armadillo, and Cardi B comically shrieks in response.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• When fully grown, these screaming armadillos will weigh less than two pounds.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
• The smaller mammals—the armadillos, raccoons, some of the smaller deer—probably didn’t come through that well.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 Sep. 2017
• Today, Wild Kingdom host Peter Gros came on the show with a screaming guest armadillo.
  — Kate Storey, Redbook, 28 Apr. 2016
• And how do these women not know the difference between a possum and an armadillo?
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• An armadillo, a praying mantis and a snake have appeared.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 20 June 2019
• In the past, the only way researchers could get enough M. leprae for genetic studies was to infect mice and armadillos in lab—then wait a year.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2018
• In addition to raking the traps, the greenskeeper at the country club also hired McConaughey to hunt the armadillos that were wreaking havoc on the greens of the golf course.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Suddenly an armadillo loomed ahead of them, and the Nutmobile swerved.
  — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2020
• On a recent tour of Mr. Glover’s estate, small black crabs scuttled out from under the leaves on the driveway and an armadillo darted from behind a tree.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• Along with the Burmese Python, Andersen brought an armadillo, a chinchilla, a leopard tortoise and an Australian blue-tongued skink.
  — Lisa Dejong, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Inspired by baseball pennants, some have compared the ballpark’s design to the Sydney Opera House, while others likened the individual tiers to the scales of an armadillo.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024